Journal article
Rapid systolic blood pressure changes after standing up associate with impaired physical performance in geriatric outpatients
A Mol, EM Reijnierse, MC Trappenburg, RJA Van Wezel, AB Maier, CGM Meskers
Journal of the American Heart Association | WILEY | Published : 2018
Abstract
Background-Orthostatic hypotension is a prevalent condition in older adults and is associated with impaired physical performance and falls. The ability of older adults to compensate for rapid changes in systolic blood pressure (SBP; ie, SBP decline rate and SBP variability) may be important for physical performance. This study investigates the association of rapid SBP changes after standing up with physical performance. Methods and Results-—Consecutive patients who visited the Center of Geriatrics Amsterdam in 2014 and 2015 were included. The following SBP parameters were computed in 2 intervals (0–15 and 15–180 seconds) after standing up: steepness of steepest SBP decline; ratio of standing..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study has received funding from the perspective grant (NeuroCIMT No. 14901) of the Applied and Engineering Sciences, which is part of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (Utrecht, the Netherlands) and which is partly funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Furthermore, this study received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme: PreventIT (No. 689238) and PANINI (No. 675003). The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.